Nintendo is having an animal contest for all of the Animal Crossing fans out there. Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Nintendo Wii will be released on November 16th and Nintendo is celebrating with a contest. Animal fans everywhere need to dress their animals up in costumes or as characters from the Animal Crossing franchise.

The top 50 pet pictures will win a membership to the exclusive Welcome Waggin’ Committee, which gets you a Nintendo Wii with Animal Crossing: City Folk, a Wii microphone and access to exclusive information about the game.

Animal Crossing: City Folk is fun for the entire family. Each family member can play and master the simple one button control scheme. The game allows players to travel into the city for the first time and take a shopping experience or watch a movie. Players can also use the Wii microphone for voice chat.

If you are a fan of Animal Crossing, put your pet through some misery and try and win yourself a Nintendo Wii and a copy of the game.

Press Release Follows:

Fans of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing™ franchise are some of the most loyal in the world. To reward them for their devotion to these community-building games and to get players fired up for the Nov. 16 release of Animal Crossing™: City Folk for Nintendo’s Wii™ console, Nintendo is hosting an outrageous animal costume contest.

Critter lovers can show their creativity by submitting the most original images of animals dressed in costumes or even as characters from the hit video game franchise Animal Crossing. The entrants of the top 50 photos in the “Animal Crossing Welcome Waggin’ Costume Contest” will win membership to the exclusive Welcome Waggin’ Committee. All committee members will receive a Wii video game system, a copy of Animal Crossing: City Folk, a Wii Speak™ microphone, access to exclusive information about the game and more.

Expanding on the popularity of the Animal Crossing series, Animal Crossing: City Folk lets every member of the household partake in the fun of a unique animal-filled town. Players use the simple controls of the wireless Wii Remote™ controller to customize their own characters and surroundings. And for the first time, players can take their adventure to the city, complete with shopping and theater excursions. It’s also the first game to make use of the Wii Speak microphone, a new accessory that enables players to use voice chat over a broadband Internet connection. The Wii Speak microphone is sold separately.

Daily photo picks and details about the “Animal Crossing Welcome Waggin’ Costume Contest” will be posted at www.WelcomeWagginContest.com. Entries will be accepted Oct. 27 – Nov. 16. For more information about Animal Crossing: City Folk, please visit www.Animal-Crossing.com